Documentary Series

Churchill’s Bodyguard : Documentary – SE01 EP09 – Winston’s Double

Winston’s Double A precarious trip to Moscow to visit Stalin is followed by victory for the 8th Army in North[…]

Attack at the Flying Boat Dock Running a gauntlet of U-boats in the North Atlantic, Churchill and Walter set sail[…]

Surviving the Blitz The early days of the war bring some of Churchill’s most difficult–and dangerous–decisions. As bombs rain down[…]

Dangerous Travels After returning to government and leading the Admiralty, Churchill ascends to the Prime Minister’s post on the very[…]

Nazi Sniper Plan In the 1930s, despite being out of office, Churchill’s opposition to Hitler’s regime made him a marked[…]

Indian Nationalist Assassin Having kept Churchill safe from assassination during a 1931 US lecture tour, Thompson soon left the police[…]

Nearly Killed in New York In 1929, Winston Churchill ceased to be Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Thompson sadly stopped[…]

Lawrence & Walter Save the Day After he became Churchill’s bodyguard, Walter Thompson was given the challenge of keeping his[…]

Revolution Increasingly governments faced the risk of their men mutinying, morale cracking, and civilians rising up in strikes and civil[…]

Blockade This history of the naval aspect of the war and how Germany’s blockade strategy eventually led to the United[…]